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North West College students awarded more than $115,000
Students at North West College are finding streams of financial relief in the form of scholarships while they continue to progress through their post-secondary programs.Throughout the 2019-2020 school...
Dec 03, 2020
CPCA, Lloyd Exh announce new chuckwagon event
After losing out on an entire season, the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) has big plans for 2021.The CPCA and the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association (Lloyd Exh) made ...
Dec 03, 2020
Destination Battlefords feeling effects of restricted travel
The harsh impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been felt across the business community, but perhaps no specific sector has been hit quite as hard as the travel industry. Executive director with...
Dec 03, 2020
Nuggets star Jamal Murray crossing fingers that he can play for Canada at Olympics
DENVER - Playing for Canada's men's basketball team at the Olympics next year would be a wonderful opportunity for Jamal Murray, but the Denver Nuggets star has no idea how realistic that is at this s...
Dec 03, 2020
Liberals accuse Conservatives of disregarding court deadline, filibustering bill
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of filibustering a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying and thumbing their noses at a looming court deadline.Government House l...
Dec 03, 2020
Climate change costs taking increasing chunk off Canada's GDP growth: study
Climate change costs are already taking an increasing bite out of Canada's economic growth and the country is falling behind other nations when it comes to planning for them, says federally funded res...
Dec 03, 2020
Trudeau tells United Nations to address COVID-19 inequality amid vaccine advances
OTTAWA - The world's fight against COVID-19 doesn't end with the successful distribution of a vaccine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. Trudeau said ...
Dec 03, 2020
Town of Battleford plans to present proposed 2021 budget with no tax increase
The Town of Battleford administration is not proposing any property tax increase for ratepayers for the 2021 budget.Chief Administrative Officer Ash Alam said the proposed budget will be presented at ...
Dec 03, 2020
Twist of fate: Prairie provinces become COVID-19 hot spot in pandemic's second wave
EDMONTON - The three Prairie provinces have become the epicentre of COVID-19's second wave in Canada - surpassing Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces that were initially the hardest hi...
Dec 03, 2020
SHA confirms latest surge plans as COVID cases escalate
Amid the continued increase in COVID-19 cases, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is announcing the next phase of its surge plan to meet the expected demand for COVID-19 patients in the next two ...
Dec 03, 2020